January 6, 2009

UNCG's Alejandra Guerra ranked No. 40 in ITA Top 125

GREENSBORO, NC – UNC Greensboro senior Alejandra Guerra is ranked No. 40 among 125 players in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's national preseason singles rankings, released Tuesday.

Guerra, a native of Tampico, Mexico, had an 18-match winning streak earlier this season. The 2008 Southern Conference Player of the Year in women's tennis was the first Spartan to earn a women's tennis preseason ranking since the program went to the Division I level in 1991 when she entered at No. 114 this past fall. She is the highest-ranked Division I player to ever wear a Spartan uniform.

Playing a very competitive fall slate, Guerra went 11-5 in singles action, including a 4-1 mark against players ranked higher than her in the ITA's preseason rankings. Guerra finished last season 27-5 overall, including 18-2 in the spring season. A perfect 9-0 against SoCon opponents last year, she didn't lose a set in the first 17 matches of her winning streak that lasted into this past fall.

Two other Southern Conference players are in the rankings as well with Furman's Laura Gioia sitting at No. 9 and fellow Lady Paladin Monica Arguello is sitting at No. 37. Guerra topped Gioia 6-2, 6-4 on March 29 last season in their only meeting of the year.

UNCG will open the spring dual match season on Jan. 24 at North Carolina. Guerra could face the Tar Heels' Sanaz Marand on that day, who is No. 47 in Tuesday's computer rankings.

The next set of computer rankings are slated for Feb. 19.

 
AGATE

ITA Division I Women's Singles Rankings



Rank

Avg

Player

School

Year

1

62.73

Maria Mosolova

Northwestern University

So.

2

57.41

Aurelija Miseviciute

Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Sr.

3

57.36

Kelcy McKenna

Arizona State University

So.

4

50.83

Ani Mijacika

Clemson University

So.

5

46.38

Megan Falcon

Louisiana State University

Sr.

6

44.64

Fani Chifchieva

Auburn University

Jr.

7

44.3

Chelsey Gullickson

Univ. of Georgia

Fr.

8

44.23

Julia Cohen

Univ. of Miami (Florida)

So.

9

43.94

Laura Gioia

Furman University

Sr.

10

42.4

Josipa Bek

Clemson University

Fr.

11

37.33

Amanda McDowell

Georgia Tech

Jr.

12

36.69

Nina Munch-Soegaard

TCU

Jr.

13

34.85

Marina Cossou

California

So.

14

33.45

Ana Zubori

University of South Carolina

Jr.

15

33.14

Bojana Bobusic

California

Sr.

16

33.11

Amanda Fink

Univ. of Southern California

Sr.

17

32.69

Melanie Gloria

Fresno State

Sr.

18

30.72

Tara Iyer

Duke University

Jr.

19

29.26

Taylor Ormond

Baylor University

So.

20

29.25

Bianca Eichkorn

Univ. of Miami (Florida)

So.

21

26.62

Jackie Wu

Vanderbilt University

Fr.

22

26.46

Maria Sanchez

Univ. of Southern California

So.

23

24.55

Irina Falconi

Georgia Tech

Fr.

24

24.08

Samantha Murray

Northwestern University

Jr.

25

23.66

Alexandra Poorta

Saint Mary's College of California

Fr.

26

23.49

Hilary Barte

Stanford

Fr.

27

23.37

Christy Striplin

Georgia Tech

Sr.

28

23.19

Georgia Rose

Northwestern University

Sr.

29

20.63

Anastasia Petukhova

Fresno State

Jr.

30

19.74

Claire Ilcinkas

California

Sr.

31

18.28

Andrea Remynse

UCLA

Fr.

32

17.89

Csilla Borsanyi

Baylor University

Jr.

33

17.65

Kellie Schmitt

Marshall University

Sr.

34

16.76

Marrit Boonstra

University of Florida

So.

35

16.76

Katie Rybakova

Florida State University

So.

36

16.4

Alison Ramos

Univ. of Southern California

Fr.

37

15.68

Monica Arguello

Furman University

So.

38

15.47

Sarah Fansler

Univ. of Southern California

Jr.

39

14.29

Kristy Frilling

Univ. of Notre Dame

Fr.

40

13.94

 Alejandra Guerra

UNC Greensboro

Sr.

41

13.93

Melissa Koning

Auburn University

Jr.

42

13.57

Jennifer Stevens

University of Virginia

So.

43

13.38

Ellah Nze

Duke University

So.

44

13.3

Nadja Gilchrist

Univ. of Georgia

Fr.

45

13.29

Kelcy Tefft

Univ. of Notre Dame

Sr.

46

13.23

Kali Krisik

Univ. of Notre Dame

Jr.

47

12.96

Sanaz Marand

North Carolina

So.

48

12.64

Amanda Granson

Duke University

Jr.

49

12.53

Macall Harkins

TCU

Sr.

50

12.32

Michaela Kissell

Univ. of Miami (Florida)

So.

51

11.94

Kristi Boxx

Univ. of Mississippi

Fr.

52

11.75

Jana Juricova

California

Fr.

53

11.45

Federica Suess

Florida State University

So.

54

11.36

Jenni Heinser

Univ. of San Francisco

Fr.

55

11.1

Catherine Newman

Vanderbilt University

Jr.

56

10.85

Reka Zsilinszka

Duke University

So.

57

10.67

Noelle Hickey

Georgia Tech

So.

58

10.64

Katrina Zheltova

Sacramento State

Jr.

59

10.1

Sasha Kulikova

Wake Forest University

Jr.

60

10.07

Vanja Corovic

Univ. of Texas at Austin

So.

61

10.05

Megan Broderick

Univ. of Kentucky

So.

62

9.71

Kristen Rafael

Univ. of Notre Dame

So.

63

9.69

Maya Johansson

UCLA

Fr.

64

9.5

Beier Ko

Harvard University

Sr.

65

9.47

Jelena Stanivuk

Baylor University

So.

66

9.27

Anouk Tigu

Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville

So.

67

8.71

Gabriela Niculescu

Univ. of Southern California

Jr.

68

8.68

Hannah Grady

Long Beach State University

Sr.

69

8.63

Lana Krasnopolsky

Boston College

Sr.

70

8.52

Andrea Yacaman

University of Central Florida

Fr.

71

8.19

Gira Schofield

University of South Carolina

Sr.

72

7.93

Tiffany Welcher

University of Alabama

So.

73

7.84

Kristina Doerr

Brigham Young University

So.

74

7.78

Lauren McHale

Princeton University

Fr.

75

7.76

Juliette Coupez

Univ. of San Diego

Fr.

76

7.76

Abigail Olivier

Fresno State

Fr.

77

7.58

Samantha Orlin

University of Tennessee

Sr.

78

7.55

Megan Alexander

University of Florida

Jr.

79

7.45

Ragini Acharya

College of William and Mary

Jr.

80

7.25

Chelsea Preeg

Vanderbilt University

Fr.

81

7.13

Venise Chan

University of Washington

So.

82

7.06

Emily Fraser

University of Virginia

Fr.

83

7.04

Shinann Featherston

North Carolina

Fr.

84

6.95

Keilly Ulery

Vanderbilt University

So.

85

6.91

Zaruhi Harutyunyan

Akron

Fr.

86

6.87

Alex Haney

Auburn University

Sr.

87

6.82

Lenka Hojckova

North Carolina State

So.

88

6.73

Charleen Haarhoff

Old Dominion University

Sr.

89

6.58

Leigh Finnegan

University of Illinois

Fr.

90

6.56

Nina Pantic

UCLA

Fr.

91

6.33

Danielle Steinberg

Univ. of Arizona

Sr.

92

6.09

Caitlin Whoriskey

University of Tennessee

Jr.

93

6.05

Julia Trunk

San Diego State University

So.

94

5.87

Mary Weatherholt

Univ. of Nebraska (Lincoln)

Fr.

95

5.73

Katarina Zoricic

College of William and Mary

Sr.

96

5.61

Sarah Landsman

Univ. of Arizona

Fr.

97

5.59

Lindsay Burdette

Stanford

So.

98

5.53

Ana-Maria Constantinescu

University of Oklahoma

So.

99

5.49

Anastasia Revzina

University of Florida

Jr.

100

5.41

Yvette Hyndman

Univ. of Georgia

So.

101

5.41

Monika Dancevic

Univ. of Georgia

Jr.

102

5.33

Federica van

Clemson University

Jr.

103

5.05

Austin Smith

North Carolina

Jr.

104

4.88

Pichittra Thongdach

Boise State University

Jr.

105

4.85

Courtney Ulery

Vanderbilt University

Sr.

106

4.72

Yasmin Schnack

UCLA

So.

107

4.66

Carmen Seremeta

University of Oregon

Sr.

108

4.53

Lauren Cash

Boston College

Sr.

109

4.52

Dunja Antunovic

DePaul University

Sr.

110

4.52

Monica Milewski

University of Colorado

Sr.

111

4.4

Keri Wong

Clemson University

Fr.

112

4.36

Denise Dy

University of Washington

Fr.

113

4.35

Rachael Dillon

California

So.

114

4.26

Laura Vallverdu

Univ. of Miami (Florida)

Jr.

115

4.21

Alessandra Ferrazzi

Univ. of Minnesota

Fr.

116

4.2

Krista Damico

Univ. of Texas at Austin

Fr.

117

4.13

Alexandra Luc

Clemson University

Jr.

118

4.11

Wiveca Swarting

Univ. of Nebraska (Lincoln)

Jr.

119

4.06

Ekaterina Kamendova

Washington State University

So.

120

3.85

Maria Malec

Cal Poly

Sr.

121

3.76

Jessica Zok

University of South Florida

So.

122

3.71

Monika Hadvigerova

Univ. of Texas at Arlington

Fr.

123

3.71

Naoko Ueshima

Univ. of Georgia

So.

124

3.64

Elisabeth Fournier

Washington State University

Fr.

125

3.6

Inga Beermann

Virginia Tech

Sr.

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